Title :
Virtual lab: A concrete experience in building multi-purpose virtualized labs for Computer Science Education
Author :
Castiglione, Aniello ; Cattaneo, Giuseppe ; Catuogno, Luigi ; Cerrelli, Ezio ; Giampaolo, Carlo Di ; Marino, Fulvio ; Rotondo, R.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Inf., Univ. degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
Abstract :
The employment of virtualized infrastructures has increased significantly the resources and tools available to teachers to support the courses with practical exercises carried out with the aid of computers. In this paper, the design and the implementation of a virtual multiple lab is discussed along with the experiences and the issues raised by its deployment as a tool for teaching undergraduate courses in Computer Science. Particular emphasis is posed on infrastructure operation and maintenance highlighting its benefits, discussing its limitation and potential improvements.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational courses; laboratories; teaching; building multipurpose virtualized lab; computer science education; practical exercise; teachers; undergraduate course teaching; virtual multiple lab; virtualized infrastructure; Laboratories; Operating systems; Servers; Virtual machining; Workstations; Computer Science Education; Hands-on; Networking; Operating systems; Virtualization; e-learning;
Conference_Titel :
Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM), 2012 20th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Split
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2710-7
